Senior Mission Analysis Engineer

Required Skills & Experience

o Bachelor's degree and 14 or more years' related work experience o 7 or more years' experience in modeling and simulation of complex aerospace systems using common tools such as Matlab/Simulink, Python, or C++ o This position requires the ability to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance

Job Description

As a Mission Analysis Engineer on the Mission Analysis Engineering Team, you will be the Responsible Engineering Authority (REA) for all modeling, simulation, and analysis for a program, study, or proposal. You will develop methods to simulate mission scenarios and assess end-to-end constellation capabilities; design and deploy image processing, inertial tracking, state estimation, and optimal control algorithms for sensor systems; and provide tools and modeling platforms for validating system performance during on-orbit mission operations. You will work shoulder-to-shoulder with technical and program leadership to ensure that high-quality work products are delivered on time and that the proposed mission solution meets the customer need.

Position Responsibilities:

o Build and maintain simulations for large satellite constellations to assess effectiveness against mission requirements o Own the Electro-Optical/Infrared (EO/IR) image processing algorithms chain, from photon to Warfighter o Create models for space vehicle payloads to use in system trades and performance predictions o Develop novel algorithms, models, and data processing schemes for MW/MT, RPO, and SDA systems o Architect the Concepts of Operation (CONOPS)/Design Reference Mission (DRM) and their associated simulations o Collaborate with software and firmware teams to develop platforms for simulation deployment (eg. software/hardware-in-the-loop)